Fayen, Herman, Farmer, Easterbrook Road, Flaxton. Mr. Fayen was born in 1836 in Hanover, Germany, and has always been engaged in country pursuits. He landed in Victoria in 1857, and after a short sojourn at Sandhurst, he came to New Zealand, and was interested in the goldfields of Otago and the West Coast for a short time. Ultimately he settled in the Flaxton district, and has for many years been engaged in mixed farming.

“The Grange” (De Renzie Mathias, manager), Flaxton. Mr. De Renzie Mathias is a son of Mr. V. W. Mathias, and a grandson of the late Archdeacon Mathias He was born in Kirwee, at the residence of the late Colonel Brett, in 1875, and was educated at Mr. Cook's school, Christchurch. Besides managing the farm for his father, he is also an inventor, and has invented a potato-sorter, which has been tried successfully at several places, and is likely to come into general use. He is also interested in several other inventions, including a potate-planter and a noiseless ram. Mr. Mathias takes a great interest in music and painting, and is very proficient in both these arts. He is also an athlete of repute, and for one hundred yards or a half-mile sprint, there are few in the district who can distance him.